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Django: Mid 40s

Page added Nov 15, 2012 Updated Nov 23, 2012

On this episode of Jazztrack, Mal Stanley plays music from gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, with American musicians in Paris in the 1940s.

Also on the show.... music featuring the late Tasmanian jazz musician Ian Pearce, live Oscar Peterson in Chicago plus the second half of the wonderful Dr Lonnie Smith and his trio in concert at Bennetts Lane in Melbourne.

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Jean "Django" Reinhardt (French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt]; 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a Belgian-born guitarist and composer of French nationality and Romani ethnicity.Reinhardt is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time; he was the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the guitar genre....

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